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Playing with light and refractions. It sometimes ends up feeling like a totally different atmosphere or just down right surreal. #macrophotography #photography #light https://www.instagram.com/p/Byd1mFuBIEC/?igshid=4vya9qjryupa

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The Mother-32 by @moogsynthesizers has been my base for a while now. I love its simplicity in design, immediacy, and powerful sound. In 2019, I still can’t recommend it enough. It’s just a great tool to get the job done. #eurorack #modularsynth #gearporn https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv7SEwChqb7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19mj0kurayjx8

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Quick Session: Live Dirty Electro Acid On Modular

Jam session with the ever growing modular.

Hello friends. 

 In 2007 I began uploading videos of myself playing music with gear. At first this was a means to share and document some experiments. I soon discovered that my buddies that I had shared links with, weren’t the only ones to see those videos. This was a big discovery for me and led me to many great things in my life. 

 Today I did a quick session to honor that old tradition of experimentation. No planning. No over thinking. Just playing and learning. The platform may have changed but the excitement of sharing ideas hasn’t. 

I just wanted to say, cheers to the internet and to those seeking to experiment and learn.

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Made some changes to the modular and patched up something generative. Notes played are randomized from a scale I programmed and the hat is trigger via a randomized and rythm I locked in using the Turning Machine. Free floating cv’s adujst the rate of the delay om the fly. Everything clocked by the Mother 32 #ambient #modularsynth #eurorack #newyear2019🎉 #studio #gearporn https://www.instagram.com/p/BsP8YoihtUe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tevwpmmqj8ed

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A generative modular patch controlled and played by an expanded Moog Mother 32 and a Roland TB-03. This was then Layered with a granular randomized drone of a piano sample by a Bastl MicroGranny v2.0. The signal was all ran through a TC Electronics Hall of fame reverb and a Strymon El Capistan Delay pedal to add space. A final layer of reverb and grain delay was added while recording into ableton for a larger stereo effect with a wider spatial presence.

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The patch is based on 3 VCAs being modulated by 2 LFOs while the cycling envelopes open and close filters while locked to the keyboard's gate. The main exploration was to explore different timings and uses of synced and unsynced  modulation sources.

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This patch is driven by the coupling of the mother along with a Mutable instruments Braids. The two sound sources were mixed and further sculpted between the mother's lfo and envelope generator. The patch is ran through 2 VCAs driven by cyclic envelopes for added variation while the mother's step sequencer drives a repeated melodic line. The mother's filter was used to adjust timber while a second filter is used post effect pedal to filter the final signal.

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Feels good to have filled this guy out.... I guess I will need to get a new Eurorack case... #modularsynth #synthesizer #synthwave https://www.instagram.com/p/BoSxkk8FU7g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pwm9576phjp8

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The basics for the new space. #studio #audio #studioporn #organization #modularsynth #synthesizer (at Alameda, California)

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Night time modular patching. Fully assembled 2 tier modular rack. First fully assembled test run. #gearporn #modularsynth #synths

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Moog Mother-32 I said I probably would never get another Moog (-ish) synth again after I got my MG-1. I guess i was wrong. #modularsynth #gearporn #synths

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I tell my piano The things I use to tell you ~ Chopin

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Dats a goot boi. #dogs #dogsofinstagram #handsome